Scan de barcode!Know what you buy!

About this InfoCons initiative

The InfoCons mobile app was built in 2015 and was installed over 40000 times on Android and iOS devices.

The app helps consumers:

✓understand food products labeling

✓learn about the risks involved in consuming additives

✓learn about nutritious values and simulate calorie burning effort

✓learn about package recycling and other useful data

How it works

After installing and launching the app you will have many useful options available such as checking the product, filing a complaint, learning about consumer legislation, comparing products and others.

Sections

File a complaint InfoCons offers consultancy in all fields to all its members and in certain fields to everybody else.

The Dictionary holds label related terms and others, related to various services and non-food terms such as the ones found in insurance and pension schemes.

Any consummer of commercial products and services in need of help can call the InfoCons short number.

A shortcut to access the InfoCons platform.

Verify a product label by scanning its barcode or filling it manually.

The Useful information section contains structured and comprehensive

material in many areas, such as emergency situations, EU consumer

rights and many others.

Our database contains thousands of products that can be compared by

registered users.

A collection of useful resources when traveling anywhere in the world.

Scanning the barcode

After choosing Check the product you will be prompted to scan its barcode from within the app. A successful scan will return the product’s data sheet, comprised of:

✓The label information with highlighted additives (including recommendations for children, warnings etc)

✓Calories burning effort estimation by walking and running

✓Option to recycle

✓Option to compare it with other similar products inside the InfoCons web platform

✓Option to request consumer consultancy services

Typing the barcode

If a barcode is not recognized the user can submit it by typing it manually in the app.

The database

The effort of growing the database is sustained by the InfoCons team, volunteers and consumers themselves.

Also, the platform is constantly developed and receives a new features every year.

Missing product?

If a product is missing, the user will be prompted with an invitation to send the label to InfoCons or check another barcode.

The labels are centralized and processed within our organization and become available through the app shortly after.

This option was implemented in August 2018.

Thank you!